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I got my new tattoo today!

Yeah, it's blurry and my arm looks fat and inflamed, but fuck that.

My new tattooist is really nice. Her name it Lucy and she works at Into You in Clerkenwell - I really recommend her. She has a very steady hand and is just generally cool. She seemed to Know Of the tattooist who did my maple leaf as well. She sounded a bit dubious.

I'm thinking about getting the same effect on the left elbow with hearts. Hearts & Stars!

I might also get her to do a really large, solid red star that wraps around my wrist and some scattered ones around it like on my elbow, over my maple leaf, and then getting her to re-do the maple leaf properly on the other wrist.

I am so addicted to tattoos.

I keep thinking of things I want - but I'm only getting them on places that won't be distorted as I lose weight. I kind of want a red silhouette of a bat (my life-long favourite animal - not a Clandestine reference, thanks) about four inches across on the back of my shoulders, in the middle.

That would be awesome.

But yeah. My new tattoo owns.

And none of you know the seekrit references.

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Looks awesome!
I try and get something pierced or tattooed at least once a year, I'm missing out from '06 but that has more to do with a MIA tattoo artist than anything else...plus I can always make it up with 2 in 2007 :)

Looks good! Although my mate Alex has you beaten on star tattoos (http://farm1.static.flickr.com/103/281177659_2059507f18.jpg?v=0). ;)

I had my nose and labret pierced up until last year - I just took them out.

And thanks, btw!

That is very cool, but I'm happy with my little patches of stars, rather than a whole sleeve.

OMG! I love it! It looks so much better than the picture! The red is really great! Especially on your skin tone! Gorgeous!

Oh, that's lovely! I always try to do a tatoo (I have two) in a place that won't go funny if I lose/gain weight or as I get older. I have one on my outer right ankle and one on my left wrist *points to icon*.

i'm desperate for a new tattoo, and have some money saved up. how good are into you at the designing and drawing bit? i've heard them recommended before. also, and i hope this isn't too rude, how expensive are they?

it looks lovely :)

:D Thanks! It's really painful today.

I'm actually thinking of waiting until I'm down to my target weight (working hard on the diet as we speak!) and then getting four hearts on each hip.

Which is another seekrit reference.

I wouldn't say I'm good enough to design anything that wasn't going on my own body, to be honest. This one was done using a template of a star I stole off the net and re-sizing it.

I do recommend Into You. They're a bit more expensive than the last place I went - but looking at the website they all seem to be pretty good at what they do.

My tatt is about four or five inches from end to end and it cost me £90 and 45 minutes ink time.

oh yeah, i can't draw. i want an actual tattoo artist if that makes sense, to design the thing for me.

What sort of design do you want?

Ew.

Well, it's worth it, I'm sure. Or will be.

I think it's probably not hard to connect the dots on that one?

kinda old skool style with teh effect of a kick line of dancing girls around my thigh. if that makes sense?

BUT DO YOU KNOW THE WORDS, MAN?!

Yeah, I think so. You should go in and ask them.

You need to leave a £50 deposit when you book anyway.

No.

That's...horrible. Get a different tattooist and get it covered up. Ugh.

Hahahahaha. Yes, of course, I'll listen to you, won't I?